Níjar weather in December

In December, Níjar sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 26 mm of rain across 4.2 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of December to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Níjar's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Níjar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 26 mm; 4.2 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 8:21 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 11th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 2.48 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

Níjar is capital town of the municipality of Níjar, Spain.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical December day in Níjar reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	9
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	8
5	17	8
6	16	8
7	16	8
8	16	8
9	16	8
10	16	8
11	16	8
12	16	8
13	16	8
14	16	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	16	8
21	16	7
22	16	7
23	16	7
24	16	7
25	16	7
26	16	7
27	16	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7
31	16	7

Níjar weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 6°	26	4.5	9.8	5.6
Feb	16° / 7°	26	4.5	10.6	6.0
Mar	18° / 9°	29	4.5	11.7	7.0
Apr	21° / 11°	27	4.8	12.9	7.5
May	24° / 15°	19	3.4	13.9	8.3
Jun	29° / 19°	7	1.2	14.5	7.6
Jul	31° / 21°	2	0.2	14.3	6.0
Aug	31° / 22°	7	1.2	13.4	5.8
Sep	28° / 19°	26	3.8	12.3	7.4
Oct	23° / 15°	29	4.6	11	7.9
Nov	19° / 10°	30	5.1	10	7.0
Dec	16° / 8°	26	4.2	9.5	5.9

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	64	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	65	65	66	66	67	67	68	68
Cloudier (%)	36	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	32	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	68	32
31	68	32

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Níjar gets around 26 mm of rain over 4.2 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 14% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12

	Rain chance (%)
1	15
2	15
3	14
4	14
5	14
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	13
10	13
11	13
12	13
13	13
14	13
15	14
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	14
20	15
21	15
22	14
23	14
24	14
25	14
26	13
27	13
28	13
29	13
30	12
31	12

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in December

Winds average 8 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 min at the start of December to 9 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:09 AM to 8:27 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 5:57 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:21	8:22	8:22	8:23	8:23	8:24	8:24	8:25	8:25	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:27	8:27	8:27
Sunset (PM)	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	8:09	5:48
2	9.6	8:10	5:48
3	9.6	8:11	5:48
4	9.6	8:12	5:48
5	9.6	8:13	5:48
6	9.6	8:13	5:48
7	9.6	8:14	5:48
8	9.5	8:15	5:48
9	9.5	8:16	5:48
10	9.5	8:17	5:48
11	9.5	8:17	5:48
12	9.5	8:18	5:48
13	9.5	8:19	5:48
14	9.5	8:19	5:49
15	9.5	8:20	5:49
16	9.5	8:21	5:49
17	9.5	8:21	5:50
18	9.5	8:22	5:50
19	9.5	8:22	5:50
20	9.5	8:23	5:51
21	9.5	8:23	5:51
22	9.5	8:24	5:52
23	9.5	8:24	5:52
24	9.5	8:25	5:53
25	9.5	8:25	5:53
26	9.5	8:26	5:54
27	9.5	8:26	5:54
28	9.5	8:26	5:55
29	9.5	8:27	5:56
30	9.5	8:27	5:56
31	9.5	8:27	5:57

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.48 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.48 kWh/m² to a high of 7.85 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 2.48 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.6	Moderate
2	2.6	Moderate
3	2.6	Moderate
4	2.6	Moderate
5	2.5	Moderate
6	2.5	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.5	Moderate
14	2.5	Moderate
15	2.5	Moderate
16	2.5	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.5	Moderate
19	2.5	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.5	Moderate
22	2.5	Moderate
23	2.5	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate
29	2.5	Moderate
30	2.5	Moderate
31	2.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Níjar?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.9

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.8

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Níjar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Níjar in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Níjar sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Níjar in December

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 31 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 8 to Oct 29 — about 4.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	15	15	16	18	21	24	25	24	21	18	16
Comfort	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Cool
Feb	15	Bracing
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Refreshing
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	24	Refreshing
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Níjar in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Níjar peaks around July 17 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	7	8	7	8	10	8	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Níjar?

Níjar sits at 37.0°N, 2.2°W, 367 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Almería, 27 km away.

Topography around Níjar

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Níjar.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Níjar has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 794 m around an average of 447 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,363 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,717 m.

The land around Níjar is covered by grassland (63%) and shrubs (24%) within 3 km, grassland (62%) within 16 km, and water (36%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

794 m

grassland 63%

16 km

1,363 m

grassland 62%

80 km

2,717 m

water 36%

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← November Níjar year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Almería 27 km · Antas 40 km · Vícar 42 km · Roquetas de Mar 43 km · Huercal-Overa 52 km · El Ejido 58 km · Berja 67 km · Águilas 74 km

Spain travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 65% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $38,627; 2025
Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 540
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Níjar (36.9665°, -2.206°, elevation 367 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	9
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	8
5	17	8
6	16	8
7	16	8
8	16	8
9	16	8
10	16	8
11	16	8
12	16	8
13	16	8
14	16	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	16	8
21	16	7
22	16	7
23	16	7
24	16	7
25	16	7
26	16	7
27	16	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7
31	16	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	68	32
31	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	15
2	15
3	14
4	14
5	14
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	13
10	13
11	13
12	13
13	13
14	13
15	14
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	14
20	15
21	15
22	14
23	14
24	14
25	14
26	13
27	13
28	13
29	13
30	12
31	12

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	9
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	8
5	17	8
6	16	8
7	16	8
8	16	8
9	16	8
10	16	8
11	16	8
12	16	8
13	16	8
14	16	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	16	8
21	16	7
22	16	7
23	16	7
24	16	7
25	16	7
26	16	7
27	16	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7
31	16	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	68	32
31	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	15
2	15
3	14
4	14
5	14
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	13
10	13
11	13
12	13
13	13
14	13
15	14
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	14
20	15
21	15
22	14
23	14
24	14
25	14
26	13
27	13
28	13
29	13
30	12
31	12

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	9
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	8
5	17	8
6	16	8
7	16	8
8	16	8
9	16	8
10	16	8
11	16	8
12	16	8
13	16	8
14	16	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	16	8
21	16	7
22	16	7
23	16	7
24	16	7
25	16	7
26	16	7
27	16	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7
31	16	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	68	32
31	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	15
2	15
3	14
4	14
5	14
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	13
10	13
11	13
12	13
13	13
14	13
15	14
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	14
20	15
21	15
22	14
23	14
24	14
25	14
26	13
27	13
28	13
29	13
30	12
31	12

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0